Re: The Superhighway Steamroller

alanb@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Alan Braverman)

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Mary Morris writes:
> One of the most important parts of this new technology is
> that it encompasses other forms of technology and media
> instead of replacing them.

Good point!

> I ask you, why do you think that bells and whistles will
> deprive the masses of literacy? My experience has been
> that GUI based computers have given more people access
> to the resources of the Internet than all command line
> tools to date. What is being taken away from these masses?

Another good point!

All good points, really.  Thanks for defending Mosaic.

Ciao,
Alan

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